Call summary and aims

Advanced Grants are designed to support excellent Principal Investigators at the career stage at which they are already established research leaders with a recognised track record of research achievements. This action is open to researchers of any nationality who intend to conduct their research activity in any Member State or Associated Country.
The ERC's frontier research grants operate on a 'bottom-up' basis without predetermined priorities.
The call 'ERC-2014-AdG' consists of one call with a single deadline applying to each of the three main research domains:
• Physical Sciences & Engineering (Panels: PE1 – PE10),
• Life Sciences (Panels: LS1 – LS9),
• Social Sciences & Humanities (Panels: SH1 – SH6).
The deadline for all domains of this call is 21 October 2014, 17:00:00 (Brussels local time).
The budget indicated above is the total budget covering all domains.

Call updates

30 July 2015 17:22

An overview of the evaluation results (Flash Call Info) is now available under the tab 'Call documents'.

Update on Swiss participation in Horizon 2020 (Situation on 12 September 2014):
Subject to signature and conclusion of an Agreement associating Switzerland to parts of Horizon 2020, Switzerland will participate from 15 September 2014 with an associated country status in actions under the "Excellent Science" pillar (the 1st pillar), containing the European Research Council.
For more information see : Information on Swiss participation in Horizon 2020.

15 September 2014 10:54

The submission session is now available for: ERC-ADG-2014(ERC-ADG)

Update on Swiss participation in Horizon 2020 (Situation on 12 September 2014):
Subject to signature and conclusion of an Agreement associating Switzerland to parts of Horizon 2020, Switzerland will participate from 15 September 2014 with an associated country status in actions under the "Excellent Science" pillar (the 1st pillar), containing the European Research Council.
For more information see : Information on Swiss participation in Horizon 2020.

20 June 2014 11:37
The submission session is now available for: ERC-ADG-2014(ERC-ADG)

17 June 2014 16:32

The link for submission will soon be available.

Clarification on Proposal Submission:
Please note that the names and e-mail addresses of the Principal Investigator (PI) and Main Host Institution Contact are read-only in the on-line administrative form. To enter and/or edit the details, please go back to Step 4 of the submission wizard. Without the names and e-mail addresses of the PI and Main Host Institution Contact, submission of the proposal is blocked.

The Information for Applicants and the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for the call will soon be available for download from the 'Call Documents' section.

17 June 2014 15:47

The link for submission will soon be available.

Clarification on Proposal Submission:
Please note that the names and e-mail addresses of the Principal Investigator (PI) and Main Host Institution Contact are read-only in the on-line administrative form. To enter and/or edit the details, please go back to Step 5 of the submission wizard. Without the names and e-mail addresses of the PI and Main Host Institution Contact, submission of the proposal is blocked.

The Information for Applicants and the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for the call will soon be available for download from the 'Call Documents' section.

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